by Jackie Bailey | Dec 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I went to my mothers group yesterday. It was our first solo flight – after the first five meetings at the early childhood centre, it is up to the group to sort itself out. We met at a really big club, the type where members sign everyone else in. I normally...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 24, 2011 | Babies
Bubba kept me awake until 3.30 am when I finally caved and took her to bed with me. I don’t want to make co-sleeping a habit, but have to say, last night I took it on with not much more than a wry smile: Ellie 1, Jackie 0. I manage nights like that now by...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 23, 2011 | Babies
It’s a lovely thing, having a baby. You have created a little person! It’s amazing to hold your baby in your arms and think, you didn’t exist before. You didn’t exist at all. And now here you are, a human in the making. And you’re mine....
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 21, 2011 | Babies
I have been meaning to write this post for a couple of weeks. But I have been too tired. Every new mother knows why sleep deprivation is included in the UN Convention Against Torture. I don’t need to elaborate on that. Instead, I want to write an ode to sleep...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
I did not love my baby the first time I set eyes on her. The first time I saw her, the main impression I had was, “Whose baby is that?” My husband and I both said the same thought out loud: “She doesn’t look like either of us.” Yen...
